Possible involvement of nitric oxide in pilocarpine induced seminal emission in rats

General Pharmacology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 479-485

  Tome A R ^a   Da Silva, J C R ^a   Souza, A A A ^a   Mattos, J P V ^a   Vale, M R ^a   Rao, V S N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atropine; L Arginine; L NAME; Nitrate; Nitrite; Nitroprusside; Pilocarpine; Seminal emission

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ATROPINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; EJACULATION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; ATROPINE; MALE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; NITROPRUSSIDE; PILOCARPINE; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMEN;

EID: 0033388385     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(99)00046-4     Document Type: Article

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